Cutting machine



July 29, 1941. H. E. MORTON CUTTING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 11, 1939 H. E. MORTON July 29, 1941.

CUTTING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 11, 1939 ISnnentor Patented July 29, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT orrics CUTTING-,MACHINE Henry Earl Morton, Muskegon Heights, Mich.

Application December 11, 1939, Serial No. 308,592

8 Claims. (CL 29-26) This invention relates, in general, to cutting machines and, in particular, to a new and improved structure for supporting and/or driving the tool thereof.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a new and improved cutting machine wherein the drive for reciprocating the tool and its support is confined within said support which, as distinguished from an externally arranged drive, enables the machine to be operated in a minimum space though between maximum limits of protraction and retraction.

Another object is to provide a new and improved cutting machine wherein the necessiti for longitudinally moving the driving structure for and with the tool and its support is eliminated, thereby enabling the machine to be operated with greater efficiency, less power and in a smaller space then heretofore.

Another object is to provide a new and improved cutting machine which is more readily and easily made adaptable for tools of different sizes than machines at present well known.

Another object is to provide a new and improved cutting machine which is more efficiently constructed and operable, possesses a wider and more flexible scope of utility and has its parts more advantageously arranged and inter-related than heretofore.

Another object is to provide a cutting machine of the type to be described with a new. and improved drive mechanism for the tool which is more compact in construction and which has a greater and more readily available range of selective, operative speeds, not only of rotation but of reciprocation as well, thanheretofore, which may be employed not only for and during reciprocation and rotation of the tool being used but also for and during the substitution or replace- 40 ment of one tool for or by another, and which does not require longitudinal movement to move the tool longitudinally, thereby requiring a smaller space for its operation than usual.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become readily apparent from a referenee to thefollowing specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which there are two (2) sheets and wherein: Figure 1 is a front elevational View of the machine with its tool in operative position on the work, the showing being partly broken away and in section to illustrate more clearly some of the details of its construction;

a Fig. 2 is a plan view of the showing in Fig. 1

and being similarly broken away and partially sectioned;

Fig. 3 is a right end elevational View of the showing in Fig, 1;

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken along the lines 4-4 and'55, respectively in Fig. l; and

Fig; 6 is a view similar to Fig. l but showing the presence of and adaptation for a. modified form of tool with the reciprocator therefor in a more greatly protracted position than in Fig. l.

The cutting machine herein disclosed and to be described comprises, in general, a main suplongitudinally extending plate 34.

porting structure, generally indicatedat ill, a tool supporting structure, generally indicated at l2 and movably supported, as will be seen, by said structure it, and a driving structure, generally indicated at I4, for, as will be seen, rotating and/or reciprocating parts of said movable structure 12.

Considering, first, the mainv supporting structure It, said structure comprises a pair of .uprights 16 arranged in parallelism and spaced from each other in the direction of tool movement,,the front vertical edge of each of said uprights preferably being formedwith an upstanding flange l8 extending in thedirection of said tool movement, and said uprights being integrally interconnected, at the base. thereof, by means of a base plate. 2!], at the rear thereof, by means of a rear plate 22, andatthe top thereof, by means of a top plate 24. The base plate 20 is preferably provided along its two longitudinally spaced, transverse. edges with a pair of parallel flanges 26, and cooperable with to be guided by said flanges are portions formed on the sides of a base member 28 whereby, as is more than likely to be desired, the unitary support l62il--2224 of the structure H) ,is vmade selectively movable in a horizontal direction transverse to ,tool movement relatively to said base member 23 of said structure it]. In addition, and as is clearly possible, the base member 23 may be provided with means (not shown) whereby said member and the unit I6-20- 22- 24 may be made selectively movable, unitarily, in any desired horizontal direction.

Still considering the main supporting structure 19, said structure also comprises an auxiliary support or carrier consisting of an elongated boss 39 formed therethrough with a horizontal bore 32 of, preferably, polygonal cross section extending in the direction of tool move ment, said boss being integrally formed therewith at the rear thereof with an upstanding, Plate 34,

along its two vertical edges, is formed with a pair of rearwardly extending, vertical flanges 36 which are cooperable with the flanges 18 on the uprights l6 and guided thereby to enable the unit til-34, or carrier, to be moved relatively to the unit I6-24]--2224, and selectively, in a vertical direction. For so moving the unit 39-34, a vertical screw 38 is employed and has its ends journaled for rotation in the base plate 20 and the top plate 24, said screw intermediate said ends passing through and being in driving engagement with an internally threaded boss 40 integrally formed on and with the plate 34, so that the turning of said screw 38 will move said unit 30-34, through the agency of said boss 40, vertically toward and from said plates 20 and 24, or, in other words, relatively to the unit l20- 22-24.

One of the many possible arrangements adapted for turning the screw 33 in its two rotary directions for raising and lowering the unit 3ll34 of the structure Ii] relatively to the unit I6-2922-24 of said structure is shown in the figures and comprises, a bidirectional motor 42 supported by for transverse movement with said unit l6202224. a'pinion 4-4 mounted on for rotation with the drive shaft of said motor, a gear 45 in mesh with said pinion and mounted on for rotation with a transverse, horizontal shaft 48 rotatably carried by said unit l62!l-22-24, a bevel pinion 56 mounted on for rotation with said shaft 48, and a bevel gear 52 in mesh with said pinion 5 0 and mounted on for rotation with said screw 38.

Since, as Will be seen, the unit 3ii34 of the main supporting structure IE1 at least indirectly supports the cutting tool, and since, as has been seen, said unit is supported by the unit |62!l-22--24 of said structure, and since, as has also been seen, said latter unit is supported by the base member 28 of said structure, the aforementioned horizontal movability of said structure as a whole, the unitary, transverse movability of said units relatively to said base member, and the vertical movability of said unit 3034 relatively to said unit l62022-24 and said base member all tend toward enabling said structure and its elements to be positioned as closely to the work as may be desired.

Now considering the tool supporting structure l2, said structure comprises an elongated support, such as a ram 54, polygonally formed at its outer periphery along its length so as to be received and supported non-rotatably by the bore 32 in the boss 35 for reciprocation relatively thereto, said ram being as long as desired but preferably long enough so as to extend outwardly from both ends of said boss. The support or ram 54 is hollow therethrough in the common direction of the length and of the path of re-ciprocation thereof and is integrally formed internally with a plurality of coaxially aligned bearings 56 in which there is mounted, for rotation relatively to said ram, an elongated shaft or arbor 58, said shaft or arbor being itself hollow therethrough in the direction of the length thereof and being long enough, preferably, so as to extend outwardly from both ends of said ram. Though the shaft or arbor 58 is rotatable relatively to the support or ram 54, it is intended to have said arbor reciprocate with said ram; so, to unify the reciprocation of these two members, said arbor is externally formed near the end machine with an annular enlargement 60 which abuts the adjacent side of the nearest bearing 56 on said ram and is held in place thereagainst by means of a removable nut 62 sleeved on said arbor and threadedly tightened into said ram against said enlargement. In short, then, the ram 54 and the arbor 58, of the tool supporting structure [2, are unitarily reciprocable relatively to the main supporting structure I!) along the bore 32, and said arbor is rotatable relatively to said ram and said structure I0 within the bore defined by the bearings 56.

Still referring to the tool supporting structure l2, said structure also comprises an elongated spindle 64 which is operable for being positioned within the arbor 58 and is preferably shorter in length than said arbor. The spindle $4 is hollow therethrough in the direction of the length thereof and is internally tapered at 66 for reasons which will presently appear, which is at the end thereof corresponding to the tool end of the machine, said spindle being externally enlarged at its opposite end, as at 68, for journalled engagement with the internal wall of the arbor 58. Since it is desired to have the spindle 54 rotate with the arbor 58, yet reciprocate relatively thereto, said spindle is externally formed along its length ahead of the enlargement 58 with a pair of diametrically opposite slots 16, and cooperable with said slots for causing said spindle to rotate with said arbor and still permit said spindle to reciprocate longitudinally relatively to said arbor is a pair of diametrically opposite and individual key or drive members 12 secured to the protractible end of said arbor and extending into tapered portions 14 provided therefor in said arbor as well as into said slots. The complementarily tapered key members l2 and portions 14 clearly tend to center the spindle 64 with respect to the bore provided therefor in the arbor 58, and the keyed engagement between said members and the longitudinal slots 70 clearly tends to drive said spindle rotatably with said arbor and permit said spindle to move longitudinally relatively to said arbor.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 4, as distinguished from Fig. 6, the tapered portion 66 in the end of the spindle 64 is seen to receive the tapered shank 1B of a tool holder i8, there being provided a key or other such means interconnecting said shank and said spindle for insuring a rigid, though separable, union therebetween. The holder 18, in any appropriate manner, is adapted for supporting, preferably adjustably and removably, a tool 82 of the type and design suitable for the work to be done thereby. It is clear that the tool 82 and its holder 18-18 are readily and easily removable from the spindle 64 by removing the key 80 from said s indle and the shank of said holder.

The tool supporting structure l2, so far described with respect to its ability to support toolholder assemblies of which the assembly 82-78-- 16 of Figs. 1, 2 and 4 is typical, is also capable of supporting assemblies, such as the one shown in Fig. 6, without serious modification of said structure. So, in the event the nature of the work demands the employment of a. tool, or plurality thereof, such as is shown in Fig. 6, the key 85 is removed from the spindle 64 and shank 76, the tool-holder 82'|'316 is removed from said spindle, and the key members 12 are removed from said spindle and the arbor 58. Then, there is thereof corresponding to the tool end of th 75 provided a structure which comprises, a member having a tapered shank end I16 dimensionally similar to the shank IS, a threaded end 84 and a shoulder-forming portion 85 integrally disposed therebetween, and another member having a tapered shank end 88 dimensionally similar to the taper I4 in the arbor 58, a tool-holder 98 integral with said end 88 and a tool I82 .or plurality thereof carried either fixedly or adjustably by said holder. This tool-holder I829Il88 is formed with a threaded bore 92 for threadedly receiving the threaded end 84 so as to unify said tool-holder and the member 84-85-I'l6, whereupon the insertion of the shank end I15 into the tapered bore 58 of the spindle B4 originally occupied by the aforementioned shank I5 and the removable locking together of said spindle and said end I15 by means of the aforementioned key 85 bring about the unification of said spindle, said member 8485-I16. and said tool-holder I82-85 88. Obviously, the substitution of the tool-holder I829il--88 for the tool-holder 82I3-'I6 depends only upon dispensing with the key members I2 and providing said tool-holder I82--95 88 with a shank, such as the shank H6, for cooperation with the tapered bore 66, so that the portions 84, 85 and 92 of the member 84-86-I'l5 and of said tool-holder I82-9983 may be dispensed with and said shank I75 may itself be made integral with said tool-holder I82-lll-88, and, such a modified construction is contemplated. Finally, with the spindle 64 and the toolholder I82--9B--38 so interconnected, it only remains to retract said spindle relatively to the arbor 58 so as to wedge the tapered shank 88 into the-taper I4 of said arbor, whereupon said wedged connection will serve as a rotatable drive between said arbor and said tool-holder-spindle unit, said arbor; of course, constituting the driving member and said unit the driven member.

The driving structure for the tool and/or its supporting structure I2, and which is indicated in the drawings generally at I 4, comprises, in part, a lei-directional motor 84 supported by and for movement with the vertically movable boss 30, a bevel pinion 96 fixed on and for rotation with the drive shaft of said motor, a bevel gear 9! in driven mesh with said pinion and fixed on and for rotation with the upper end of a vertical shaft 98 which resides in a proper housing and bearings provided therefor on said boss and is arranged slightly ahead of the front side of the ram-54, a pinion 99 fixed on and for rotation with the lower end of said shaft 98, and a horizontal, longitudinal rack I55 fixedly carried on or formed in said front side of said ram for movement therewith and in driven engagement with said pinion 99. It will be seen, then, that through the rack I08 and pinion 99 the tool supporting structure I2 may be and is movable as a unit horizontally, longitudinally and relatively to the supporting structure I0 by and in accordance with the rotation of the motor 94.

The driving structure I4 also comprises, in part, a motor I 82 supported by and for movement with the vertically movable boss 3!] of the structure I0 and having an elongated drive shaft I55 extending in a direction parallel with the direction of r the path of reciprocation of the tool supporting structure I2 and away from the tool end of the machine, a pinion I04 carried on said shaft and internally carrying a key cooperable with an elongated slot or keyway I05 formed in said shaft along the length thereof whereby said pinion is rotatable with said shaft as well as being movable relatively thereto therealong, and a gear I06 in driven mesh with said pinion and fixedly carried on the arbor 58 next to the adjacent end of the ram '54 for rotating said arbor, said gear being preferably of largerdiameter than said pinion for purposes of speed reduction. A housing I0! is sleeved about theend of the non-rotatable ram 54 and is fixed thereto for axial movement therewith for providing, among other things which will soon be described, a bearing support for the pinion I04. It will be seen then, that the arbor 58 of the structure I2 is rotated by the motor I82 through the agency of the pinion I64 and gear I06 of the structure I4 and that this rotation is not interrupted by the longitudinal movement of said structure I2 relatively to the structure III by the motor 94 through the agency of the rack I00 and pinion-99 of said structure I4 because of the provision of the elongated slot or keyway I in the shaft 153 and the keyed engagement therewith by said pinion.

The structure I4 further comprises, in part, an elongated screw or driving member I I8 for the spindle 64, said screw being threadedly received by anut or driven member III carried by said spindle at the end thereof opposite its toolcarrying end, and one end of said screw extending axially through said spindle toward said toolcarrying end but in no protracted or retracted position of said spindle with respect to the arbor 58 and ram 54 does said screw reach said latter end. The opposite end of the screw H8 is unsplined and passes outwardly through a member I I2 fixedly-carried by the arbor 58 for movement therewith and providing a bearing support for said screw thereat. This outer end of the screw Illlhas keyedthereto for rotation therewith an internally splined ring gear II3 the main function ofvrhich is to be described presently, and it is to be noted that said gear; in addition to its inability to rotate relatively to said screw, is held against axialmovement therealong, so that said gear; whih resides on one side of and'in abutment with the bearing member IIZ, and a collar H4, which is fixed on said screw at a position ofabutment with the opposite side of said member, cooperate to hold said screw against axial movement relatively to the arbor 58, said member, of course, permitting said screw, under conditions to be described, to rotate relatively thereto and to said arbor; It is clear, therefore, that, the rotation of the gear I86 results in the unitary rotation at the same speed of the arbor 58, the spindle .64, the screw- III) and the gear I I3, that is, when there is no force applied to oppose or, interrupt this unitary rotation, and, under this condition, said screw will have no longitudinal driving effect upon said spindle.

The structure I4 also comprises, in part, a housing or casing I I6 which is, sleeved about and rigidly connected to the end of the arbor 58 which carries the gear I05 so as to'be rotatable and axially movable therewith about and along the central, longitudinal axis of the structure I2, which axis, as isseen, is coincident with the axis of .the screw "I'Ill. Therotatable casing IIGi-s internally-formed with a rigid, vertical wall 'I IT in which is supported for rotation about their own axes and for-movement with said wall a pair of horizontal shafts H8 and H9, said shaft I lB. carrying onon-e of its-ends for rotation therewith a pinion IZllin driving mesh with the-ring gear H3, and said shaft H9 carrying on one of its ends for rotation therewith a pinion I2I in driving mesh with agear formation I22 formed on thehub of said ring gear. Normally, the

shafts I I8 and I I9 are idly held within the bearings provided therefor in the wall 1, so that the casing IIS, said shafts and their pinions I20 and I 2|, the ring gear H3, the screw IIO, the spindle 64 and the arbor 53 will rotate unitarily about the axis of said screw with, upon and during the rotation of the gear I05, there being, therefore, no relative longitudinal movement of said spindle. In other words, when the gear I05 rotates, and when the shafts H8 and H9 have no forces applied to them to rotate them about their own axes, there will be no relative rotation between the screw H0 and the spindle 64 nor will there be any between the pinions I20 and I2I and the gears I06 and I22, so that there will be no relative longitudinal movement between said spindle, said screw and the arbor 58.

It will be noted in Fig. 1 that the effective diameter of the driven ring gear I I3 is greater than the effective diameter of its driving pinion I20, and that the effective diameters of the driven gear formation I22 and its driving pinion I2I are substantially equal, the reasons being that, when it is desired to rotate the screw IIO relatively to the spindle '64 in order to protract or retract the latter relatively to said screw and the arbor 58, such protraotion or retraction may be accomplished relatively slowly through the gear reduction I 20II3 or more quickly, if desired, through the connection I2II22.

A system of magnetic clutches has been chosen to illustrate the means whereby the pinions I20 and I2I may be selectively driven so as to drive, at different times and at different speeds, the screw H0 relatively to the spindle 64, it being clear that said screw may longitudinally move said spindle relatively to the arbor 58 and ram 54 when said spindle is merely rotating with said arbor, or when it is so rotating as well as moving longitudinally with said arbor and said ram, or when it is stationary and not rotating, or when it is not rotating but is moving longitudinally with said arbor and said ram. So, on the ends of the shafts H8 and H9 opposite the ends carrying the pinions I20 and I2I there is fixed for rotation therewith and against axial movement therealon-g a pair of magnetic clutch members I24 and I25 each being provided with for energiza-tion by an individual magnetizing coil I26, said coils being properly connected to their respective clutch members so that, upon the passage of current through said coils, said members will be magnetized. Since each of the clutch members I24 and I25 and its respective magnetizing coil I26 are caused at one time or another to rotate with their supporting shaft I I8 or II9 relatively to the casing IIB, it is desirable that the terminals of said coils be in the form of ring conductors I21 which are rotatable with said shafts and in permanent, slidable contact with conductors I 28 fixedly carried within and on said casing for movement therewith. The incoming and outgoing current leads for and connected to the two conductors I28 employed for magnetizing the clutch member I24 are connected to a pair of ring conductors I29 externally carried on said casing for movement therewith and being properly insulated from each other and from said casing, while the incoming and outgoing current leads for and connected to the other two conductors I28 employed for magnetizing the clutch member I 25 are connected to a pair of ring conductors I30 carried and insulated similarly as said conductors I29. Since the casing H6 is rotatable, it is desirable that the conductors I29 and I 30 externally carried thereby be permanently and slidably engageable with conductors I3I which are stationarily carried on the non-rotatable housing I 01 or a section integral therewith. As indicated in Fig. 1, the circuit containing the clutch member I24 for controlling the operation of the pinion I20 (which drives the screw II 0 at the slower of its two rotative speeds) is separate and distinct from the circuit containing the clutch member I 25 for controlling the operation of the pinion I2I (which drives said screw at the faster of its two rotative speeds), and it is obvious, therefore, that the closing and energization of one of said circuits must never occur while the other of said circuits is closed and being energized.

The clutch members I24 and I25 comprise the driven members of the two magnetic clutches for controlling the rotation of the pinions I20 and I2I, the drive member for said driven member I24 being magnetic, represented at I34 and mounted on a horizontal shaft I35 for rotation therewith and axial movement therealong, and the drive member for said driven member I25 being magnetic, represented at I35 and mounted on a horizontal shaft I31 for rotation therewith and axial movement therealong. The shafts I35 and I 31 are coaxially aligned with the shafts H8 and H9 carrying their respective driven clutch members I24 and I25 and carry their respective drive members I34 and I35 in adjacency to said driven clutch members, so that, upon the closing of the circuit containing said member I24, the latter will draw said member I34 along its shaft I35 into driving relationship therewith, or, upon the closing of the circuit containing said member I25, the latter will draw said member I35 along its shaft I31 into driving relationship therewith. The shafts I35 and I 3! are supported for rotation about their axes and for movement with the casing IIB by means of a pair of brackets I38 and I39 fixedly carried by and within said casing.

For rotating the shaft I35 about its axis in order, when the circuit containing the clutch member I24 is closed, to drive said member by the clutch member I34, a lei-directional motor I42 is employed and is mounted on the casing I It with its drive shaft extending into said casing in coaxial alignment with the axis of the screw III'I. so that rotation of said casing with the arbor 58 and spindle 64 is not only about the-axis of said screw but about the axis of said drive shaft as well. The inner end of the motor shaft carries for rotation therewith a bevel pinion I43 which is in constant driving mesh with a bevel gear I44 carried on and for rotation with the lower end of a vertical shaft I45 journalled for rotation in the bracket I38 and an accompanying bracket I46 rigidly carried by and within the casing H3. Above the gear I44 the shaft I45 rotatably carries or is formed with a worm I4! which is in constant driving mesh with a worm gear I48 carried on and for rotation with a horizontal shaft I49 journalled in or supported by a bracket I 50. The shaft I49 is parallel with and spaced from the axes of the shafts H8 and I 35 and fixedly carries at one of its ends for being driven thereby a pinion I5I which is in driving mesh with a gear I52 carried on and for rotation with said shaft I25. Since the power for rotating the shaft I35, which rotation drives the drive member I34 of the clutch I24I34, comes to said shaft from the motor I42, to the pinion-gear I43I44 and the worm-gear l41-I43, therefrom to the pinion IN, and fromthe latter to the gear I52, it is clear that the relationship of the effective diameters of said pinion II and said gear I52 may be changed substantially at will for obtaining various rotative speeds of said shaft I35. On the other hand, since speed reduction is brought about at the pinion-gear I2Iil I 3, it may not be necessary to provide for any reduction at the pinion-gear I 5 I--I 52, in which event power for the shaft I35 will be taken directly off the shaft I45 instead of as shown.

The motor I42 also provides the source of rotative power for the shaft I31 which carries the drive member I35 of the clutch I25I3$ for controlling the rotation of the pinion I2I, the shaft of saidfmotor cairrying thereon :for. rotation therewith a pinion I54 which is in constant driving mesh with a gear I55 fixed on and for rotation with said shaft I31. The rotation of the motor M2, therefore, causes the simultaneous rotation of the pinions I5 and it with the result that the clutch members I36 and I34 simultaneously rotate, either of said members being ready, therefore, to drive its respective driven. member I25 or I24 upon the closing of the circuit containing same. Since the motor Hi2 bodily rotates with the casing H6, it has been found desirable to connect its leads to ring conductors I58 which are properly insulated from and externally secured to said casing for movement therewith, said conductors being in permanent, sliding engagement with conductors I59 anchored to the stationary housing I01 The purpose of providing the screw III] with two or more rotative speeds is to enable the spindle 65 to carry the tool relatively rapidly into and out of engagement with the work and. to enable said spindle to move said tool relatively slowly over said work.

Although the invention has been described with some detail, it is not intended that such description is to be definitive of the limits of the inventive idea. The right is reserved to make such changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will fall within the purview of the attached claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an axis of rotation, a second elongated support operable for carrying a tool and carried bysaid first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and relatively thereto alongsaid axis, an elongated screw drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewith about said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a driven member carried by said screw drive for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a driving member carried in continuous engagement with said driven member by said third support for movement normally unitarily with said last mentioned member and support about said axis, and means operatively connected to said driving member for selectively moving the latter relatively to said driven member about an axis spaced from and movable about said first axis, whereby the resulting differential between the movements of said driving and driven members establishes a diiferential between the movements of said second support and screw drive about said first axis and a movement of said second support relatively to said screw drive along said first axis.

' 2. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an axis of rotation, a second elongated supportoperable for carrying a tool and carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and relatively thereto along said axis, an elongatedscrew drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewith about said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a member .carried by said screw drive for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and formed concentrically about the latter with an annular driven surface, a second member carried by said third support for movement unitarily therewith and normally unitarily with said first member about said axis and formed with an annular driving surface in continuous cooperation with said driven surface and concentric about an axis spaced from and parallel with. said first axis, and means operatively connected to said second member for selectively moving the latter relatively to said first member about said second axis, whereby the resulting difierential between the movements of said driving and driven surfaces establishes. a diiferential between the movements of said second support and screw drive about said firstaxis and amovement of said second support relatively to said screw drive alongsaid first ax1s..

3. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an. axis of rotation, a second elongated support operable for carrying a tool and carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and relatively thereto along said axis, an elongated screw drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewith about said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a pair of driven members carried by said screw drive for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a pair of .tarily with said last mentioned member and support about said axis, and means operatively connected to each of said driving members for selectively moving the latter individually relatively to the respective driven member about an axis spaced from and movable about said first axis, whereby the resulting differential between the movements of the selected driving member and driven member establishes a differential between the movements of said second support and screw drive about said first axis and a movement of said second support relatively to said screw drive along-said first axis.

4. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an axis of rotation, a second elongated support operable for carrying a tool and carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith'about said axis and relatively thereto along said axis, an elongated screw drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewithabout said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a pair of members carried by said screw drive for movement unitarily there.-

with about said axis and each formed concentrically thereabout with an annular driven surface, a second pair of members carried by said third support for movement unitarily therewith and normally unitarily with said first pair of members about said axis and each formed with an annular driving surface in continuous cooperation with one of said driven surfaces and concentric about an axis spaced from and parallel with said first axis, and means operatively connected to each member of said second pair for selectively moving the latter individually relatively to the respective member of said first pair about the respective second mentioned axis, whereby the resulting differential between the movements of the selected driving surface and driven surface establishes a difierential between the movements of said second support and screw drive about said first axis and a movement of said second support relatively to said screw drive along said first axis.

5. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an axis of rotation, a second elongated support operable for carrying a tool and carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and relatively thereto along said axis, an elongated screw drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewith about said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a gear member concentrically arranged with respect to said axis and movable thereabout unitarily with said screw drive, a pinion member carried in continuous engagement with said gear member by said third support for movement about said axis unitarily with said third support and normally unitarily with said gear member, and means operatively connected to said pinion member for selectively moving the latter relatively to said gear member about an axis spaced from and movable about said first axis, whereby the resulting differential between the movements of said gear and pinion members about said axes establishes a differential between the movements of said second support and screw drive about said first axis and a movement of said second support relatively to said screw drive along said first axis.

6. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an axis of rotation, a second elongated support operable for carrying a tool and carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and relatively thereto along said axis, an elongated screw drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewith about said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a pair of gear members concentrically arranged with respect to said axis and movable thereabout unitarily with said screw drive, a pair of pinion members each carried in continuous engagement with one of said gear members by said third support for movement about said axis unitarily with said third support and normally unitarily with the respective gear member, and means operatively connected to each of said pinion members for selectively moving the latter individually relatively to the respective gear member about an axis spaced from and movable about said first axis, whereby the resulting differential between the movements of said gear and pinion members about said axes establishes a differential between the movements of said second support and screw drive about said first axis and a movement of said second support relatively to said screw drive along said first axis.

'7. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an axis of rotation, a second elongated support operable for carrying a tool and carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and relatively thereto along said axis, an elongated screw drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewith about said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a gear member concentrically arranged with respect to said axis and movable thereabout unitarily with said screw drive, a shaft carried by said third support in spaced parallelism to said axis and movable unitarily with said third support about said axis, a pinion member concentrically arranged about the axis of said shaft and carried thereby in continuous engagement with said gear member, and means operatively connected to said shaft for selectively moving said pinion member relatively to said gear member about said shaft axis, whereby the resulting differential between the movements of said gear and pinion members about said first axis establishes a differential between the movements of said second support and said screw drive about said first axis and a relativity therebetween along said latter axis.

8. In a machine of the character described, an elongated support having and being movable about an axis of rotation, a second elongated support operable for carrying a tool and carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis and relatively thereto along said axis, an elongated screw drive supported in threaded engagement with said second support and normally movable unitarily therewith about said axis, a third support also carried by said first support for movement unitarily therewith about said axis, a pair of gear members concentrically arranged with respect to said axis and movable thereabout unitarily with said screw drive, a pair of shafts carried by said third support in spaced parallelism to each other and to said axis and movable unitarily with said third support about said axis, a pair of pinion members concentrically arranged about the axes of said shafts and carried thereby in continuous engagement with said gear members, and means operatively connected to said shafts for selectively moving said pinion members individually relatively to the respective gear members about the respective shaft axes, whereby the resulting differential between the movements of the selected gear member and pinion member about said first axis establishes a differential between the movements of said second support and said screw drive about said first axis and a relativity therebetween along said latter axis.

HENRY EARL MORTON. 

